Chuck Grassley

Biotechnology holds great promise for agriculture, and as the population grows around the world, and it is going to continue to grow very dramatically, food security will become a more important issue.

I always tell them I have been doing this for 20 years and I am alive. I am a living laboratory for the safety of biotechnology.

CMS does not have evidence indicating that locum tenens, as used by physicians under current law, has led to a general increase in utilization of services; or that industry practices generally lead to the provision of unnecessary services…

The Krueger report explains that the root cause of this problem is decades of stimulus spending and economic stagnation.

As the Governor has said, debt is not payable and must be restructured.

Puerto Rico's debt crisis did not happen overnight. It has been years in the making.

It sounds to me like a lot of red tape and waste of manpower that doesn't accomplish anything

That's simply unacceptable.

Inspectors General are central to this mission, and I applaud all who are here today.

The IG Act means what it says. The Department of Justice IG is legally entitled to all department records, period.

The role that each of you plays, that Inspectors General play, is absolutely critical to the functioning of our democracy and for our capacity for self-government.

We have to ensure our open government laws are strong and protected or we do not hold departments accountable.

It is a waste of time and money for two divisions of the same government department to be fighting over access to the department's own records.

I will work closely with Senator Grassley to craft a legislative solution.

We intend to fix this. We will get it fixed and we will have IGs do their job, which is very important.

To be an effective agency watchdog, the Inspector General needs complete and full access to agency information.

The targeting scandal, coupled with poor customer service and general mismanagement, has shaken what confidence taxpayers had in the IRS.

I think the time is right to once again revisit the issue of taxpayers' rights and IRS structural reforms.

My understanding is few, if any, disciplinary actions were taken against mid-level managers who were directly involved in the improper targeting.

It is evident from the report that, at the very least, a dysfunctional culture and poor management led to the mistreatment of groups with a conservative philosophy applying for tax-exempt status.

I would agree to that, and I will speak to that point right now. It is very appropriate that my colleague would know exactly what I was going to say to answer his question.

The Federal Government--and Obamacare in particular--is not working in the people's best interest.

So this notion that the government, the agency--in particular, CMS--is just spending its day, morning, noon, and night trying to stonewall the release of this information, I think, is not accurate, given the facts that I have just cited.

I want the tool in the toolbox to use if we need it.

Only the most efficacious vaccine should be considered for field use as any infection in a vaccinated population would still require the entire barn to be depopulated.